EBSA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Labor, oversees more than 801,000 private retirement plans, 2.6 million health plans and 514,000 other benefit plans, which collectively hold about $14 trillion in assets.

Manager engagement fell from 30% to 27%, while individual contributor engagement remained flat at 18%.

The agreement in principle, which a judge still must approve, was announced on Friday, shortly before the case was set to go to trial.

 Companies plan to increase their AI spending by 14% year-over-year in 2025, signaling a continued commitment to AI-driven growth.

“Common assumptions about work are being rewritten in real time amid perpetual uncertainty and pressure points that are permeating the global workforce,” said Lesley Uren, CEO of Korn Ferry Consulting.

The company then sought payment for many of those prescriptions from Medicare and other federal health care programs in violation of the False Claims Act, the announcement said.

The executive order was praised by an unlikely source – Mark Cuban, who started Cost Plus Drugs in 2022 in an attempt to control prices through direct-to-consumer transparency.

Nearly 8 in 10 Americans support extending health care tax credits, according to a polling organization that works with progressives.